Advent Software Blog: February 2014

Monday, February 24, 2014

End of Life for Microsoft XP and Windows 2003

Its time for you to take action!

Microsoft Windows XP SP3 and MS Office 2003 are going END OF LIFE on April 8th 2014.

If you still rely on Windows XP, as many Irish companies do, we strongly recommend that you start planning immediately to move to either Windows 7 or Windows 8.

Technical Assistance for Windows XP will not be available after this date so if you are considering replacing your Windows XP Operating System, please drop support@advent.ie an e-mail before purchasing a new operating system so that we can confirm whether your current version of Sage 200 or Sage 50 will be compatible with it.

If you continue to use Windows XP after Support ends, your computer will still work but it will become more vulnerable to security risks and viruses.

You may also encounter a greater number of applications and devices will not work with Windows XP.

For more details on updating your operating system, including notes and exceptions regarding Windows 8, please do not hesitate in contacting us.

About Advent

Who are we?
We are a team of fully accredited Sage implementation and software development professionals. Most of our team have been working with the Sage product range for many years, going back to 1996.

In October 2011, we were proud to be nominated by Sage Ireland as a Gold Partner.

What do we do?
We help our clients to grow their businesses by removing bottlenecks in their day-to-day tasks. We use technology to help automate processes across the entire business, so that our clients can spent more time working on growing their businessses rather than working in the business.
We are passionate about creativity and we aim to join together different processes, people and systems. Our challenge is to help businesses improve productivity while providing enhanced information and reporting.

How do we do that?
By listening and understanding our clients' goals and desires for the future. We recommend software and technology solutions that will bring real value to our clients and will bring out the best in their business and in their teams. We don't recommend implementing change for change sake - only where we can prove the return on investment. If we can't prove it, then we wouldn't expect our clients to invest in our solutions.

Why choose Advent?
We are an intelligent, hard-working, creative and customer focused team. We pride ourselves in thinking "outside the box", constantly thinking of new ways of streamlining business processes for our clients. Many of our clients have been with us for many years and we have developed strong partnerships with them.

Visit our website for more information: www.advent.ie